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• Copper fixtures dramatically reduce superbugs in hospitals

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 134
  Three papers scheduled for publication in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Hospital Infection suggest that copper might have a role in the fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAI, or more popularly known as “superbugs“).In a busy Birmingham teaching hospital, researchers swapped a conventional ...
  1 week ago

• Copper may help fight against superbugs

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): A new British study suggests that copper might be helpful in combating infections caused by microbes.In an experiment at a busy Birmingham teaching hospital, researchers exchanged traditional toilet seat, tap-handles and a ward door push-plate for similar items made from 70percent copper. They ...
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• Plasma kills superbugs dead

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 438
  Via KurzweilAI.net — This is good news for a serious medical concern. Device spells doom for superbugs BBC News, Nov. 26, 2009 A prototype  device that uses “cold atmospheric plasma” to rid hands, feet, or even underarms of  bacteria , including the hospital superbug MRSA, has been developed by  Max ...
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• Cold plasma demonstrates clean doom for bacteria

  
  Eideard — Authority: 149
  Cold plasma to kill super bacteria.
  1 week ago

• Germ alert: Attack of the killer necktie!

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
  As the medical community debates whether to remove neckties from hospitals to prevent the spread of superbugs that claim thousands of lives annually, a microbe-thwarting tie is born.
  2 weeks ago

• Superbugs resistant to all drugs are rising experts warn

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 972
  Cases of potentially fatal superbugs resistant to all antibiotics are increasing across Britain and Europe experts have warned.
  3 weeks ago

• Ties that bind, and make you gag

  
  ACP Internist — Authority: 469
  Heres a complex solution to a simple problem. Doctors wear ties, which may carry germs that may add to the problem of health care acquired infections. British hospitals banned ties. In America, we made them germ resistant. SafetyTies claims to make ties and scarves with a built-in barrier for dirt, liquids and ...
  5 weeks ago

• Germ-killer in Antibacterial Products Showing Up in Dolphins

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 575
  With the swine flu as catchy in the news media as it is in humans, Americans are trying their best to keep germs of their hands and bodies. Triclosan is one germ-killing ingredient that has been touted for its ability to do just that. The chemical is present in hundreds of antibacterial toiletries and kitchen ...
  5 weeks ago

• “Superspreader” docs and nurses may trigger hospital outbreaks

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Oct 29 (ANI): A new study has revealed that doctors and nurses who don’t wash their hands are more likely to spread swine flu and hospital superbugs.The study’s researchers suggest that dirty hands of doctors and nurses act as germ “superspreaders” and cause more infections.The team led by Didier ...
  6 weeks ago

• Nurses, docs’ dirty hands cause most infections

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Oct 29 (ANI): A new study has revealed that doctors and nurses who don’t wash their hands are more likely to spread swine flu and hospital superbugs.The study’s researchers suggest that dirty hands of doctors and nurses act as germ “superspreaders” and cause more infections.The team led by Didier ...
  6 weeks ago

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